Craig Glendinning
Appearance
Birth name | Craig Rau Glendinning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 12 January 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Otahuhu, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (210 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Craig Rau Glendinning (born 12 January 1973) is a former New Zealand rugby union player, who represented both New Zealand Māori and Samoa. He usually played as a flanker.[1][2]
Career
Born in Otahuhu,[3] Glendinning played provincial rugby for Template:Rut Counties Manukau, Template:Rut Northland, and Template:Rut Southland.[1] Of Māori descent,[4] he played three matches for New Zealand Māori in 1997,[1] before going on to play for Samoa between 1999 and 2001.[3] His first cap for Samoa as a number 8 against Japan, at Osaka, on 22 May 1999.[2][3] He played three matches for Samoa at the 1999 Rugby World Cup.[3] His final cap for Samoa was against Fiji, at Tokyo, on 8 July 2001.[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Craig R Glendinning". New Zealand Rugby History. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Statsguru player analysis: Craig Glendinning". ESPNScrum. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Craig Glendinning". ESPNScrum. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Glendinning a Treviso". RAI Sport. 23 December 1997. Retrieved 13 March 2017.[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Rugby union players from Auckland
- Samoa international rugby union players
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Samoa
- New Zealand rugby union players
- New Zealand Māori rugby union players
- New Zealand expatriate rugby union players
- Benetton Rugby Treviso players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Italy
- New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Rugby union flankers
- Rugby union number eights
- Counties Manukau Steelers players
- Northland Taniwha players
- Southland Stags players
- New Zealand rugby union biography, 1970s birth stubs
- Samoan rugby union biography stubs